Now our lazy MPs want to do LESS work! — Nick Clegg suggests job-sharing by MPs — two MPs in each constituency

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For his latest half-baked attempt at tinkering with the constitution — after botching both Lords and voting reform — Nick Clegg suggests job-sharing by MPs.

The idea is to have not one but two MPs in each constituency, dividing the workload to try to encourage more family-friendly hours.

But the fact is that MPs, who return to the Commons today after another week of recess, are already part-time. A table published by Hansard, the official record of Parliamentary proceedings, lays bare just how little time they spend at Westminster.

In the two years between May 27, 2010, and the end of May 2012, the Commons sat for 295 days.

Which means it was not sitting for a staggering 435 days or 31 weeks each year. And they squeezed in just 105 days from May to December last year.